Spicy Green Beans (masaledar Sem) Recipe

Ingredients

Directions

1. Trim the green beans and cut them crosswise at 1/4 in intervals.
2. Put the ginger and garlic into the container of an electric blender or food processor.
3. Add 1/3 of the water and blend until fairly smooth.
4. Heat the oil in a wide, heavy saucepan over a medium flame.
5. When hot, put in the cumin seeds.
6. Five seconds later, put in the crushed chili.
7. As soon as it darkens, pour in the ginger-garlic paste.
8. Stir and cook for about a minute.
9. Put in the coriander.
10. Stir a few times.
11. Now put in the chopped tomatoes.
12. Stir and cook for about 2 minutes, mashing up the tomato pieces with the back of a slotted spoon as you do so.
13. Put in the beans, salt and the remaining water.
14. Bring to simmer.
15. Cover, turn heat to low and cook for about 8-10 minutes or until the beans are tender.
16. Remove the cover.
17. Add the lemon juice, roasted cumin, and a generous amount of freshly ground pepper.
18. Turn heat up and boil away all of the liquid, stirring the beans gently as you do so.